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Hisakatsu Hijikata and Samiro Yunoki: Warm Experiences and the Joys of Artistic Creation
Setagaya Art Museum
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Hisakatsu Hijikata, Samiro Yunoki
This exhibition features Hisakatsu Hijikata (1900-1977) and Samiro Yunoki (1922- ), two artists from the Setagaya Art Museum's collection whose work spans sculpture, painting, and picture books.
After graduating from the Department of Sculpture at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (now Tokyo University of the Arts), Hijikata spent from 1929 to 1942 in the Palau Islands and Satawal Island in the central Caroline Islands, then a mandate territory of Japan. While living and working with the local people, he also traveled to the surrounding islands to conduct detailed research on their lifestyles, rituals, and mythology. After returning to Japan, he made numerous wood reliefs, bronze sculptures, and watercolors of Micronesian figures and landscapes at his home in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. He has also published books on the results of his ethnographic research, as well as collections of poetry and picture books.
After studying at the Department of Aesthetics and Art History in the Faculty of Letters of Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo), Yunoki decided to pursue a career in dyeing after encountering the "folk art" philosophy advocated by Muneyoshi Yanagi and the stencil-dyed calendar of Keisuke Serizawa. Yuzuki, who is still active at the age of 100, has been inspired to pursue a freer form of expression by his experiences abroad with Mexican toys and other products.
Although there is no direct connection between the two artists, Hijikata and Yunoki's diverse expressions have expanded. This exhibition will introduce the creative worlds of both artists, which were born from their rare experiences in the Palau Islands and surrounding islands, as well as from their fascination with everyday objects and events, by adding works and materials from the collection of the Setagaya Art Museum and those of the artists and their bereaved families.
[Events]
1. Afternoon Lecture “Hisakatsu Hijikata and Samiro Yunoki
Date: September 16 (Sat) and October 28 (Sat), both from 14:00 to 14:40
Venue: Auditorium
Capacity: 140 people on a first-come, first-served basis
Admission: Free
2. 100 Yen Workshop "Lining Up Shapes and Dyeing with Stencil"
Date: Every Saturday during the exhibition period, 13:00-15:00
Venue: B1st basement creative room
Capacity: Up to 10 groups (maximum 30 people) at a time
Fee: 100 yen per piece
After graduating from the Department of Sculpture at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music (now Tokyo University of the Arts), Hijikata spent from 1929 to 1942 in the Palau Islands and Satawal Island in the central Caroline Islands, then a mandate territory of Japan. While living and working with the local people, he also traveled to the surrounding islands to conduct detailed research on their lifestyles, rituals, and mythology. After returning to Japan, he made numerous wood reliefs, bronze sculptures, and watercolors of Micronesian figures and landscapes at his home in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. He has also published books on the results of his ethnographic research, as well as collections of poetry and picture books.
After studying at the Department of Aesthetics and Art History in the Faculty of Letters of Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo), Yunoki decided to pursue a career in dyeing after encountering the "folk art" philosophy advocated by Muneyoshi Yanagi and the stencil-dyed calendar of Keisuke Serizawa. Yuzuki, who is still active at the age of 100, has been inspired to pursue a freer form of expression by his experiences abroad with Mexican toys and other products.
Although there is no direct connection between the two artists, Hijikata and Yunoki's diverse expressions have expanded. This exhibition will introduce the creative worlds of both artists, which were born from their rare experiences in the Palau Islands and surrounding islands, as well as from their fascination with everyday objects and events, by adding works and materials from the collection of the Setagaya Art Museum and those of the artists and their bereaved families.
[Events]
1. Afternoon Lecture “Hisakatsu Hijikata and Samiro Yunoki
Date: September 16 (Sat) and October 28 (Sat), both from 14:00 to 14:40
Venue: Auditorium
Capacity: 140 people on a first-come, first-served basis
Admission: Free
2. 100 Yen Workshop "Lining Up Shapes and Dyeing with Stencil"
Date: Every Saturday during the exhibition period, 13:00-15:00
Venue: B1st basement creative room
Capacity: Up to 10 groups (maximum 30 people) at a time
Fee: 100 yen per piece
Schedule | Sep 9 (Sat) 2023-Nov 5 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥500; University and High School Students, Seniors 65 & Over ¥400; Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥300; Infants free. | ||||
| Website | https://www.setagayaartmuseum.or.jp/en/exhibition/special/detail.php?id=sp00215 | ||||
| Venue | Setagaya Art Museum http://www.setagayaartmuseum.or.jp/index_e.html | ||||
| Location | 1-2 Kinuta-koen, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-0075 | ||||
| Access | 17 minute walk from the South exit of Yoga Station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi line; From the North exit of Yoga Station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi line, take the Tokyu bus and get off at Bijutsukan. | ||||
| Phone | 03-3415-6011 |
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